When I left home, I had an Intention of taking the Liberty of waiting upon you, & presenting myself as a fit Object of your further Recommendation. -With this View, I went to Sir John, a few Days before my Departure, that I might, if not improper, learn where you was to be found; also upon my Return I communicated my Designs to Colonel Johnson, who promised from himself to second my Application. Whose Letter, I trust, on this Head you will have received by this Time.

You may' recollect, Sir, that I applied to you on the same occasion last Winter, when I was apprehensive my Constitution cou'd not undergo the Servitude of a Mission & School together. My Suspicions have been verified much to the Prejudice of my

1 Rev Joun Doveury (a.) This gentleman who is supposed to haye belonged to Westchester, graduated at King's (now Columbia) College in 1770, after which he went to England where he was ordained for the church at Peekskill. He moyed, however, to Schenectady, as above stated, to which place he was appoint- éd in 1773 at the request of the Wardens and Vestry. In 1775, divine service was suspended in his church, on account of the troubles and he, himself, became the object of much harsh treatment. He was taken prisoner twice, and at length deemed it prudent, in the fall of 1777, to apply for liberty to remove to Canada which he obtained. He thereupon proceeded to Montreal where he was appointed Chaplain to his Majesty's Royal regiment of New York. When he left, his congregation at Schenectady numbered only 59, exclusive of slaves. Of those 12 were communicants. In 1780, the number was reduced to 27 white adults. He continued in Montreal until October 1781 when he repaired to England.